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Rather than specify fonts for web pages, it is good practice to specify font families for fonts that are typically on a user's computer.

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To set a font, enter the name of the font you want, such as Arial, FranklinGothic, or Helvetica. In addition, you can specify a generic font such as serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, or monospace. You can list choices, separated by commas; the browser attempts to provide the first choice if it exists on a computer, then tries the second choice, and so on. Put the generic font name last.

For example, in the XSLT stylesheet, you can specify a font as shown in the following XSLT statement:

<xsl:variable name="global_font">verdana,sans-serif</xsl:variable>

For More Information

You can read more about fonts and font families in the following references:

• Adding a touch of style at W3.org.
• Font family: the 'font-family' property in the Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification